it had been the main water source for the well under their home, and for many residents of east porterville, california, a community of 7,000 people 75 miles southeast of fresno. of the 1,800 homes in the community, 500 have had their wells dry up completely. >> we were in desperate need for water, you know? and then, the solutions to our problem is just to have a way to carry the water to our properties, you know? and the only way i have is my personal vehicle, my family vehicle. >> reporter: hauling water is all that garcia did with his free time. he works as a manager at an auto body shop, and it's what the garcia family did instead of saturday brunch or sunday church. >> my wife dislocated her shoulder, because it was a lot of work, pushing those little five gallons buckets from inside the van, handing it to me, and me dumping in those tanks, you know. and the stress to come home and there's no water on my property, my family in need, and then health problems, you know. and then, it was very, very difficult. >> reporter: the stress hasn't helped garcia's high blood pressure and diabetes